Brawa 50546 DR Type K Hinged-Cover Car, Era III

Brawa 50546 DR Type K Hinged-Cover Car, Era III Product Details

Description

About the model: BRAWA offers the DR K-type hinged-lid car in 1:87 scale. In addition to its realistic appearance, this true-to-prototype model features numerous details that round out the car’s overall look. Among other things, the model features a separately attached braking system. The model is 101 mm long.

About the prototype: For the transport of moisture-sensitive goods such as, for example, lime, the railroads introduced so-called hinged-lid cars in various designs very early on. The development of this car type led, in the second half of the 1920s, to the K Elberfeld 80 001 ff., which met the interchangeable design standard in effect at the time and were standardized accordingly. The cars, which were 8.1 m (without a handbrake) or 8.8 m (with a handbrake) long, had the short wheelbase of 4 m typical for that time and could be loaded with up to 17.5 t. To withstand this weight, the side walls and hinged covers were reinforced with conspicuously crossed ribs. While the original paint scheme was RAL 8012, with the undercarriage and contrasting hardware in RAL 9005, this quickly became covered in a light gray film when the cars were loaded with lime. The 991 cars delivered (up to 1933) were also the last hinged-top cars built in series production. Although these cars could be loaded mechanically, they could only be unloaded by hand. This circumstance led to a shift in the development of cars for transporting such goods—even during the Reichsbahn era—toward self-unloading cars, and there were no significant new developments after the K25. Nevertheless, the cars classified as K25 by the Bundesbahn remained in regular service until the late 1960s and, beyond that, were occasionally used as service cars.

Features:

• Gauge: H0
• Era: III
• Road Number: 21-84-06
• Length Over Buffers: 101 mm
• Separately attached brake system
• Fine engravings and rivet strips
• Metal interchangeable axle holders
• Scale reproduction of the interchangeable hinged-lid car
• Close-coupling mechanism